tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33958620975515493672024-03-13T12:27:47.056-05:00Flyover CountryI was born on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay<br>
Maryland and Virginia have faded away<br>
And I keep thinking tomorrow is coming today<br>
So I am endlessly waiting...<br><br>
—A. Duritz and Counting Crows, "St. Robinson and His Cadillac Dream"Mark Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953322913824828711noreply@blogger.comBlogger741125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-4947291594335002302023-12-28T18:04:00.000-06:002023-12-28T18:04:40.274-06:00NAFA 2023<p>Some of Jessa's photos from the weathering yard at the NAFA field meet in Kearney last month...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_0RDyiHL52tXrSmfPgIKbUstiySw9GfzEsKl3qn8zPVn9la9mA8Ds0P2IFWEtloNqPtrwSdKga04r_Vo-zASkynUgSobAQZyXJluXbg9OiCXBvSzGIrDlHIVvWl9qMw0SI48PwTMzIC6RWqzB8LaF41fCDZb6cuscDNZrX0xusSy1cLzeXWYHWUVv5kR/s4608/DSCN2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_0RDyiHL52tXrSmfPgIKbUstiySw9GfzEsKl3qn8zPVn9la9mA8Ds0P2IFWEtloNqPtrwSdKga04r_Vo-zASkynUgSobAQZyXJluXbg9OiCXBvSzGIrDlHIVvWl9qMw0SI48PwTMzIC6RWqzB8LaF41fCDZb6cuscDNZrX0xusSy1cLzeXWYHWUVv5kR/w300-h400/DSCN2529.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-62953604866832313992023-11-15T16:36:00.000-06:002023-11-15T16:36:54.285-06:00A hunter and a hunter's moonHaggard red-tailed hawk—with some Krider's ancestry, I wager. It doesn't appear so in the photo, but IRL the tail shone nearly pink, enough so that we turned the car around for another look. Lots of white on the head, too.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmgo1XDRZFPZhh9uSVzBxDUGzTLHYRSeDUGCNSbZ8vDywwbyDvNmVyNv7VwkPukAAL5WmI1oDsv1fSLkC14Z2nsoEGqPIjZrQQ6WePAm8T_WKIzwl7Nf8dXLYOjCbPCths_8ifSr_QgE41x311nYdFySl1nmNQeZgIeIGEIEwMOOFrYZtHJpLM_UvbVEs/s4608/DSCN2389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmgo1XDRZFPZhh9uSVzBxDUGzTLHYRSeDUGCNSbZ8vDywwbyDvNmVyNv7VwkPukAAL5WmI1oDsv1fSLkC14Z2nsoEGqPIjZrQQ6WePAm8T_WKIzwl7Nf8dXLYOjCbPCths_8ifSr_QgE41x311nYdFySl1nmNQeZgIeIGEIEwMOOFrYZtHJpLM_UvbVEs/w300-h400/DSCN2389.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>
The grey sky, hayed field, and partially-bare cottonwood tree are all redtail habitat, and make this photo emblematic of autumn in Nebraska. Taken somewhere in Custer County, near as I can figure; we covered a lot of ground that day.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhZbIMzAQ3z_FOiSzFujbQhtMPGBXriMyp1FuBdESO8KDHKjdGdDZRJs3IBACv8v6SFfIkvi_xIpjUf5C7pabYT78kwu9Gt4SxscSfWYkRsd_eEIHsgKuhJtfSDA0N4QlM42JCkQN0TpgAcN-Cpjp36yeXqX3B06zPnno6NKmJnFetUDqfHfW9WKSfUGK/s4608/DSCN2391.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhZbIMzAQ3z_FOiSzFujbQhtMPGBXriMyp1FuBdESO8KDHKjdGdDZRJs3IBACv8v6SFfIkvi_xIpjUf5C7pabYT78kwu9Gt4SxscSfWYkRsd_eEIHsgKuhJtfSDA0N4QlM42JCkQN0TpgAcN-Cpjp36yeXqX3B06zPnno6NKmJnFetUDqfHfW9WKSfUGK/w300-h400/DSCN2391.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div div="">Later that evening, a full moon (or nearly so) rising orange over I-80 and disappearing behind low cloud cover. Photos, as usual, by Jessa, but getting out there is a team effort. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LWcHH8raKUCgK3DDDPI9J8VI8J-7TkK04LJPGa4UtjRToS7qcMMh_eDwN-Uprr8iHQamchNGjvyXtohpbZOqEf5b0-sXkqv5L5FmyH5DHiT9GeMWPBDpnt1-YRzY4nC8-ug2q4mIRTFs7q6jaOfPGCUimtRKYZ05xWe7LknX08s8riIEZ9NVr7LB63AX/s4608/DSCN2397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LWcHH8raKUCgK3DDDPI9J8VI8J-7TkK04LJPGa4UtjRToS7qcMMh_eDwN-Uprr8iHQamchNGjvyXtohpbZOqEf5b0-sXkqv5L5FmyH5DHiT9GeMWPBDpnt1-YRzY4nC8-ug2q4mIRTFs7q6jaOfPGCUimtRKYZ05xWe7LknX08s8riIEZ9NVr7LB63AX/w400-h300/DSCN2397.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-68984159537519167772023-11-05T21:00:00.000-06:002023-11-05T21:00:02.717-06:00What's the rumpus?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H22MFE59b_ZwtaShiiOw-wF9GigX3_PyHimJTA1DP1RaOp0fI5JLmOeMYn7veQm-YaNqpvu3jut99Hjsv4c_D_EWbF7QhLioHmBznN7k_-3Gop9iAKHWIc6ZUcf1KVqXSKlzE9-aZcUDsiLL0_d2JgaRlaYKSRYXpm9mFO09vuvzn0Zuo3NnbnAX-zpf/s4608/DSCN2353.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H22MFE59b_ZwtaShiiOw-wF9GigX3_PyHimJTA1DP1RaOp0fI5JLmOeMYn7veQm-YaNqpvu3jut99Hjsv4c_D_EWbF7QhLioHmBznN7k_-3Gop9iAKHWIc6ZUcf1KVqXSKlzE9-aZcUDsiLL0_d2JgaRlaYKSRYXpm9mFO09vuvzn0Zuo3NnbnAX-zpf/w400-h300/DSCN2353.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Jessa and I returned from the store one afternoon to find a troop of blue jays apparently losing their minds out behind the house. A certain amount of <i>Cyanocitta</i> high spirits we're accustomed to—blue jays evidently <i>like</i> being blue jays, and noisy is just part of the recipe. This was louder, and angrier, than standard blue jay raucousness, so while Jessa put our purchases away, I went out back to see what had them so riled.</p><p>Arriving at the alley, I discovered that it wasn't just the blue jays on high alert: a small flock of robins, a pair of red-headed woodpeckers, a downy woodpecker, and a yellow-shafted flicker were all mobbing an unseen predator. I was expecting a Cooper's hawk or a great horned owl...but instead found this sleepy eastern screech-owl trying to take a nap on the telephone wires.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMN7D_JNiDotKdsAZoja60btyoRxwRTGFciqcZTdthLvoZGSQI4TiqUmOOyRluSZwJh_0Nw7MCIQGfUCyUdiSGMulGkufgLmz5DeiwjZZF8iocdXKr7J0imfzLUieUg6P4ofTwFyxxl_Z_crJE5zyNc-09fnkdqMwjQ9uR8gf8oc3hhpmjq-D16w0qg15X/s4608/DSCN2374.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMN7D_JNiDotKdsAZoja60btyoRxwRTGFciqcZTdthLvoZGSQI4TiqUmOOyRluSZwJh_0Nw7MCIQGfUCyUdiSGMulGkufgLmz5DeiwjZZF8iocdXKr7J0imfzLUieUg6P4ofTwFyxxl_Z_crJE5zyNc-09fnkdqMwjQ9uR8gf8oc3hhpmjq-D16w0qg15X/w300-h400/DSCN2374.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhbzBDDgW1b1TrRcmqe9P-_xltBu0hlmRtOAc-LnpcWWQjwRXYOhKQ8ZjX8bxQ87T7gk2SUGdjVku6J7hFTUa6mVuCJlumbzY4OwKta36vmbW0rJHz0XtXNJEFzt6fCS_49O-7B0sFnPOAnKFb9eixXlNfqnb4y3SuVxHZE8CRqrc9HojfoEC7gqWAjAZ/s4608/DSCN2346.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhbzBDDgW1b1TrRcmqe9P-_xltBu0hlmRtOAc-LnpcWWQjwRXYOhKQ8ZjX8bxQ87T7gk2SUGdjVku6J7hFTUa6mVuCJlumbzY4OwKta36vmbW0rJHz0XtXNJEFzt6fCS_49O-7B0sFnPOAnKFb9eixXlNfqnb4y3SuVxHZE8CRqrc9HojfoEC7gqWAjAZ/w400-h300/DSCN2346.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Trying, but not succeeding. I rang Jess on her mobile to come out with the camera, and after a bit of grumbling—she had just got her shoes off—she joined me; all of these photos are hers, by the way. And while I can't really know, I think the owl may have appreciated our presence, as the avian crowd dispersed a bit and things quieted down a little. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx2GiAyiEJl2-cP2QE4qNAlRTrF6CqTlE2Mr281pzK-7Wcv7oZSeomV43JZCDcF6QvXUIzBa8sBn61RO9hQUX_HmBSpwDEVMJXIBWv579S9tyj4V1Xi_6ld5tyfsIfbWs3OYmX1a_30A_8IuZF3K34KY5yPg2qd5C7eV93hK6paNjFREY-j19-cUHd2ur/s4608/DSCN2373.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx2GiAyiEJl2-cP2QE4qNAlRTrF6CqTlE2Mr281pzK-7Wcv7oZSeomV43JZCDcF6QvXUIzBa8sBn61RO9hQUX_HmBSpwDEVMJXIBWv579S9tyj4V1Xi_6ld5tyfsIfbWs3OYmX1a_30A_8IuZF3K34KY5yPg2qd5C7eV93hK6paNjFREY-j19-cUHd2ur/w300-h400/DSCN2373.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBRG7PLxrBdZdahmObyzADzoNL5a6ZDAGFGjY8xfoa_8mHRqb8m185LyNAjWYvazGMNHBThj5bNljj1zVp4zL_FvDQ96DB_sBmgmGjiT6h1l8cXIKM_yNh_zZLurfcuDC0ftxeHmP00c1bXoMcvJrqjw4EpoEX27SBnK-DTM9k-P2TNWglU65KEcncjbx/s4608/DSCN2339.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related post: <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoblogging-eastern-screech-owls.html" target="_blank">photoblogging: eastern screech-owls</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-61381749612778833462023-11-04T23:03:00.001-05:002023-11-04T23:03:55.422-05:00WeatheringBack at home, Stekoa enjoying some weathering time and Jessa some time with her camera...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QaLJt4c0NpKlvytyvE8d5VXtMOGtlNZn-Vd8Tu58TmQzZoDLDzwKeGhyXruQwh37O-o2ukQv5rL5ZQqvh3WAMQqsASSYQIXgJVXAd-y4oLdBcWOJswcTf8JkTCBcCWwWSEJxmKJDP7REReNWHJFWoDPyTGSMNmEjhN8OZgR8rTu2TaFTpiImmKeYzGUX/s4608/DSCN2273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The namesake falls are in three parts; this is Upper Gooseberry Falls. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRIFkEiq0Z42E90w_9QQxR73ZmzfBmquL-6aSJZUw01VxboBYviWMho9JvgxY0VzPTrRozsVneSjpfCKLRHBiY1zeNtsvcW5-mLNEQVfPt5VeY1Q0cQrM382DE5ugyxnUtxsBzf_7wkTRBZO4LNGDZVafMzQyZVanboysTYk7Sfn3rQZAa7Vbyaq4YzV4/s4608/DSCN2165.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRIFkEiq0Z42E90w_9QQxR73ZmzfBmquL-6aSJZUw01VxboBYviWMho9JvgxY0VzPTrRozsVneSjpfCKLRHBiY1zeNtsvcW5-mLNEQVfPt5VeY1Q0cQrM382DE5ugyxnUtxsBzf_7wkTRBZO4LNGDZVafMzQyZVanboysTYk7Sfn3rQZAa7Vbyaq4YzV4/w300-h400/DSCN2165.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYy3oId2dbZ_vmfAMM7itNzeKAiVfh4VLeFDPKowHh4gudkYv4Dip2Me_riwWko8gF5qZ4cT3Xke9WZ_DCLbrndFO_swL-Y8dh0qCyiduNZ4vhImO1Pxi_qJ3esBZfWR8kKC1PP2vAjDgDAlvyODQtztdytImsSGf3x-67eo9_L_sKCLn3ZYpYF7XQZ46/s4608/DSCN2170.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYy3oId2dbZ_vmfAMM7itNzeKAiVfh4VLeFDPKowHh4gudkYv4Dip2Me_riwWko8gF5qZ4cT3Xke9WZ_DCLbrndFO_swL-Y8dh0qCyiduNZ4vhImO1Pxi_qJ3esBZfWR8kKC1PP2vAjDgDAlvyODQtztdytImsSGf3x-67eo9_L_sKCLn3ZYpYF7XQZ46/s320/DSCN2170.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJt4GT553l9CP5qEQIAUzk99yhAuatRQoAGBhHKqujMbO7o77SL1o-SAOGJtfBqQxwv1QnRMNgpOnFsAtpXGoKUoXdm3TyBA2gCEjkNQaAVe8y9q_SSMxkcK4SlL33DA8yNb0EJBFnABvcSmXNUFUuNCcc9VexrwBRRYAXdUE15nKmpHefTc0aE7uyfNE/s4608/DSCN2171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJt4GT553l9CP5qEQIAUzk99yhAuatRQoAGBhHKqujMbO7o77SL1o-SAOGJtfBqQxwv1QnRMNgpOnFsAtpXGoKUoXdm3TyBA2gCEjkNQaAVe8y9q_SSMxkcK4SlL33DA8yNb0EJBFnABvcSmXNUFUuNCcc9VexrwBRRYAXdUE15nKmpHefTc0aE7uyfNE/s320/DSCN2171.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoa2twFa-QUb8D5IFa5izPu14nnu8EI_45N0HZu8c8DX55YmqcOgb36tCwDYwziHukra8zC_1PzyfZz5IH4oPmQITiK8tuuJXvYAsG9I7idC-YxfffuU7qxRbYXpMmKAro6peJ31_4DWJ0F9XZPerT4fzTgGSHurFhkCErC5tqQnbPfv3CDttHYXk5XrS/s4608/DSCN2169.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoa2twFa-QUb8D5IFa5izPu14nnu8EI_45N0HZu8c8DX55YmqcOgb36tCwDYwziHukra8zC_1PzyfZz5IH4oPmQITiK8tuuJXvYAsG9I7idC-YxfffuU7qxRbYXpMmKAro6peJ31_4DWJ0F9XZPerT4fzTgGSHurFhkCErC5tqQnbPfv3CDttHYXk5XrS/s320/DSCN2169.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Middle Gooseberry Falls lies almost immediately below but slightly downstream from Minnesota Highway 61. The highway bridge can be seen in these photos; indeed, it's very difficult to find a vantage point to shoot the middle falls without the bridge.</div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBWmsnYxBE88Fu08_Ghoq1PShq4yVoA33edg2QFWQPp4qDJPYF7jt_r-2OFepktHuFq-ywXyE_wcFws7pw9IeaGmazyaooqMV_SP2x_y-tH38BHpR_g2xTxLmiNKO7v7B5cUWCqmpu7HhEpLVilt6wUSWUPrzhFVMC0CGbSVwjfufck1Jl7CtHPoAX3N9/s4608/DSCN2144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBWmsnYxBE88Fu08_Ghoq1PShq4yVoA33edg2QFWQPp4qDJPYF7jt_r-2OFepktHuFq-ywXyE_wcFws7pw9IeaGmazyaooqMV_SP2x_y-tH38BHpR_g2xTxLmiNKO7v7B5cUWCqmpu7HhEpLVilt6wUSWUPrzhFVMC0CGbSVwjfufck1Jl7CtHPoAX3N9/w400-h300/DSCN2144.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4tBd1yCcEof1b2S9rqY4E28TbS8VRdKp2eTuqynKj5PfcU9UNBW0Ob6AuLvl2AHomYpMrZlIrLt2OkyLzjm3-S-zc0Wggw4FQFMlHlJe6XLk49BA7K05UZBj6vZRFzz8iKeg5UmY9-kxEsYJ6xG4LjFLtfR8jtfDqAU_UtejfsGoPHOLMuY3jtlF_M0A/s4608/DSCN2134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The Gooseberry River does not drain a lake and is not fed by springs; it is dependent entirely on rainfall and snowmelt, and its flow is therefore highly variable. The lower falls was rather thin during our visit, and the cobbles below mostly dry. I've seen pictures of it running much heavier.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYC4o0Iedn2Ftl8-Acm2DMweeDYf58K8pmFup_m_GRVGnBz3jFqfipVKwXKB_3oieed1Im8_Xvs-VjUicm25AgAWAq7DnHkzg26F78VgNZFAOveRV5dEPN8OfH2dV_rHhsc1nm33SRQlJKsQ7_MfpqeyrEVBiGRVJIknaNwOFLBeTtrZJudDndkGew4Ofu/s4608/DSCN2156.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYC4o0Iedn2Ftl8-Acm2DMweeDYf58K8pmFup_m_GRVGnBz3jFqfipVKwXKB_3oieed1Im8_Xvs-VjUicm25AgAWAq7DnHkzg26F78VgNZFAOveRV5dEPN8OfH2dV_rHhsc1nm33SRQlJKsQ7_MfpqeyrEVBiGRVJIknaNwOFLBeTtrZJudDndkGew4Ofu/w300-h400/DSCN2156.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQPFTDs985q5_7jIp3pn5RhWhDOSzY7LugxJVQL498KGuQ3xQ28ZVtLKXgGNhHBOkOpl9igIRYTYruR0oH02f41NOZZ6BwgkbcDJOI-oOKQ8tLrlxkQvaqAg3uDRbYNxBZBeRkC5MD-sitIdH4lI0D21K-E1Y9DO5W0ZJXN9WiItByrYIeIUhMz_KpE8J/s4608/DSCN2138.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQPFTDs985q5_7jIp3pn5RhWhDOSzY7LugxJVQL498KGuQ3xQ28ZVtLKXgGNhHBOkOpl9igIRYTYruR0oH02f41NOZZ6BwgkbcDJOI-oOKQ8tLrlxkQvaqAg3uDRbYNxBZBeRkC5MD-sitIdH4lI0D21K-E1Y9DO5W0ZJXN9WiItByrYIeIUhMz_KpE8J/s320/DSCN2138.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjIi56pa6Dsvt1c0gpwm4iPQhT7bFyx9ciuyfVjQMly9L71qBZlFicygF9MX2kpsBdmT_jjxuu2MX_zbTzdg0L6ziz7HPQvqrW7coxCwSFNEghGtjHtd9o8HrWGLLx4tpgw_U9OYjNhiPgfCl7ps2ajv4E5B_vOM2uaHBzbVqeLk9C6ecaO8FB8cQSGUe/s4608/DSCN2137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjIi56pa6Dsvt1c0gpwm4iPQhT7bFyx9ciuyfVjQMly9L71qBZlFicygF9MX2kpsBdmT_jjxuu2MX_zbTzdg0L6ziz7HPQvqrW7coxCwSFNEghGtjHtd9o8HrWGLLx4tpgw_U9OYjNhiPgfCl7ps2ajv4E5B_vOM2uaHBzbVqeLk9C6ecaO8FB8cQSGUe/s320/DSCN2137.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEPV_Vsmv08j-xBa_XOz8bEu0QhSxgXLvqEW4OXU3mJC_wuolbjBEtPc4gf0pHU8QjdwhhWLgGzDVS8BBubnp80xPuWOtQepxxIvLtzud0CiumY3ZXFuDqEbQxCaaZhOkzdVke6t-VfeN-_TS-vADT1iPvH22ljYXqjoks-KY5TyvG2b1hktqaas2auiG/s4608/DSCN2131.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEPV_Vsmv08j-xBa_XOz8bEu0QhSxgXLvqEW4OXU3mJC_wuolbjBEtPc4gf0pHU8QjdwhhWLgGzDVS8BBubnp80xPuWOtQepxxIvLtzud0CiumY3ZXFuDqEbQxCaaZhOkzdVke6t-VfeN-_TS-vADT1iPvH22ljYXqjoks-KY5TyvG2b1hktqaas2auiG/s320/DSCN2131.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>All three of these falls are within a mile of the river's mouth, and combined span only a quarter mile. The Gooseberry runs quietly through its lower reaches; in this last photo, Lake Superior can just be seen through the trees at upper right.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbmJ6U_384mMGbqnFB9gTRiE-xiUM0Av92mFoIDHJnIUDQ_55Z6fbmmogd8WUWyoAHjw3LKwHF6vU88vlFIRYXHCSFia9AYIypaNUe9XBjIE-KKkNLLhnYWhhDz1OMLMpaPhaiQ5r-GIY69ajvWp9QImiJZPS7IvAj7rziJTLoI6gMr4prcIeDFEVLOCg/s4608/DSCN2124.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbmJ6U_384mMGbqnFB9gTRiE-xiUM0Av92mFoIDHJnIUDQ_55Z6fbmmogd8WUWyoAHjw3LKwHF6vU88vlFIRYXHCSFia9AYIypaNUe9XBjIE-KKkNLLhnYWhhDz1OMLMpaPhaiQ5r-GIY69ajvWp9QImiJZPS7IvAj7rziJTLoI6gMr4prcIeDFEVLOCg/w300-h400/DSCN2124.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-39362673846127413492023-10-31T20:39:00.000-05:002023-10-31T20:39:47.190-05:00Two HarborsOn a slight hill overlooking Agate Bay in the town of Two Harbors, Minnesota, is Two Harbors Light. Built in 1891-1892, the lighthouse is still in service (though it is now listed as a "private aid to navigation" and no longer maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard).<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kq6QZo9GNsLdmSlf2WQHazuq2-PR72mhQ_X0qS8g1txNlJ3ovETDtyhTozZpMZojj0qBtFt_XMU9tf13Jgeg84plY24uVsyZ4JxSp6tqk-XKC5H11pg6kq0qXO0ORlNIzpyDOj0WSjYI_WDFbrM7tOf1sCAnTbJ3w-KVw7_KJ3_ffl3tNnF0KhCo1BHL/s4608/DSCN2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kq6QZo9GNsLdmSlf2WQHazuq2-PR72mhQ_X0qS8g1txNlJ3ovETDtyhTozZpMZojj0qBtFt_XMU9tf13Jgeg84plY24uVsyZ4JxSp6tqk-XKC5H11pg6kq0qXO0ORlNIzpyDOj0WSjYI_WDFbrM7tOf1sCAnTbJ3w-KVw7_KJ3_ffl3tNnF0KhCo1BHL/w400-h300/DSCN2023.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3cGnSIf3OENEQ45FDf1K4PxWJ7g2bPJQ9_nvKQhkFFcrcss_4gM7US83sbF3MUbhyphenhyphengb0UJ-XltBnOHQOPTHVgayvU5JIi8E4L8NeQZPPdwSaxAGOgL_w_GGt_kaQ3ESToL_LA1Jjpjt46iVNwWR5JO4BKYJyJP9crkFiOBpS8RFtOFEzfLoZj__pTTUi/s4608/DSCN2076.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3cGnSIf3OENEQ45FDf1K4PxWJ7g2bPJQ9_nvKQhkFFcrcss_4gM7US83sbF3MUbhyphenhyphengb0UJ-XltBnOHQOPTHVgayvU5JIi8E4L8NeQZPPdwSaxAGOgL_w_GGt_kaQ3ESToL_LA1Jjpjt46iVNwWR5JO4BKYJyJP9crkFiOBpS8RFtOFEzfLoZj__pTTUi/w300-h400/DSCN2076.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9fp83u1V6wKbGpiWevm0FLV8os024qvDxJR1FdSRET9kskMo-bd6HQQV3AODRlIqC7ic0Sx6vIIBlqnqBEri8k1XjhgP1Ea7GKGKMbkdPyqUw1ayJZhI3rB9ec1FraGY3GVX3KShuaJGK1pE2j01-exylR4PZhBnoOxcFEfLA0nO4dxiXZ7guJ7yVbeS/s4608/DSCN2069.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9fp83u1V6wKbGpiWevm0FLV8os024qvDxJR1FdSRET9kskMo-bd6HQQV3AODRlIqC7ic0Sx6vIIBlqnqBEri8k1XjhgP1Ea7GKGKMbkdPyqUw1ayJZhI3rB9ec1FraGY3GVX3KShuaJGK1pE2j01-exylR4PZhBnoOxcFEfLA0nO4dxiXZ7guJ7yVbeS/w400-h300/DSCN2069.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Actually out in Agate Bay is a second lighthouse, Two Harbors East Breakwater Light. This much smaller structure was built in 1906 and remains in official service.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHjLJre7oEkon17pE-v3jxl61BA1CydPgU4oC0RzliKz4zoJR7YouBb4oAatqQKfRot09GuMMKddinrKt9LbaLtxmJmamWjQj9osDNhS41teuKX8aPqnjn84ThFJixa82ZiaNnXECnZ-1qdogwy_BPLTOEphNsbBhu5bszX4o-FEFRczjQpphG1QFUezm/s4608/DSCN1936.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHjLJre7oEkon17pE-v3jxl61BA1CydPgU4oC0RzliKz4zoJR7YouBb4oAatqQKfRot09GuMMKddinrKt9LbaLtxmJmamWjQj9osDNhS41teuKX8aPqnjn84ThFJixa82ZiaNnXECnZ-1qdogwy_BPLTOEphNsbBhu5bszX4o-FEFRczjQpphG1QFUezm/w300-h400/DSCN1936.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFstzppL7xu3eXfOqMUv8rzsm0g00gYVLtn7XBFlnkSMXuYZf49cQ3R8wtP5QAR8HMUOH8j8lzQ5Jpgj9H3RffKTf4K4znG4DaeXZfsYM7u67D_aL2t2kRhyOxTPNCt5E0gwc_V7KHWZwNnKrNiYSlkz48of9dKThc7BKhwOuqyXmbcFZHRAJcqc3fMGB/s4608/DSCN1937.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFstzppL7xu3eXfOqMUv8rzsm0g00gYVLtn7XBFlnkSMXuYZf49cQ3R8wtP5QAR8HMUOH8j8lzQ5Jpgj9H3RffKTf4K4znG4DaeXZfsYM7u67D_aL2t2kRhyOxTPNCt5E0gwc_V7KHWZwNnKrNiYSlkz48of9dKThc7BKhwOuqyXmbcFZHRAJcqc3fMGB/w400-h300/DSCN1937.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LbCpwr-3yLEoEZ_tAxsoY5Bd_nyGxEL-hr9D4i6zQm5czk2ls5npM6SCPFlPpPlcHcIdqaOs4z3SVS2HD-DmHZKkndRodBMa5gtnf_FnT6BQWiO67zn7dlOC-CjBfyy7R-vpHQwnvpzSPSWNe9mxYE5g75pOjghzyEeEKsuusEzkkG3EfO26QDd9LyUe/s4608/DSCN1982.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LbCpwr-3yLEoEZ_tAxsoY5Bd_nyGxEL-hr9D4i6zQm5czk2ls5npM6SCPFlPpPlcHcIdqaOs4z3SVS2HD-DmHZKkndRodBMa5gtnf_FnT6BQWiO67zn7dlOC-CjBfyy7R-vpHQwnvpzSPSWNe9mxYE5g75pOjghzyEeEKsuusEzkkG3EfO26QDd9LyUe/w300-h400/DSCN1982.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Two Harbors is very much a working harbour, and has been since the late nineteenth century. The boat below, the <i>Edna G.</i>, was built in 1896, spent most of her career (except for two years on the East Coast during the First World War) right here in Two Harbors, and at the time of her retirement in 1981 was the last coal-fired, steam-powered tug working on the Great Lakes.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGjG2NMXcexRb4SJAH1twoQreJhUrGUyl-jpyXN1PIjxe-rShGwhVnnQrux9NpElaR9NBoimOpRggXDhKW9Gz_IcCQx0vX0VHFkijlYLAzQ1ypt5-o9dGCCMVHNOAgqkPXJADX2u8vgLkXS2Wn8bg8Ge8bCxOfrxEcfEu5N5dVbSpOO8ZqRa-HXy5hPSz/s4608/DSCN1928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGjG2NMXcexRb4SJAH1twoQreJhUrGUyl-jpyXN1PIjxe-rShGwhVnnQrux9NpElaR9NBoimOpRggXDhKW9Gz_IcCQx0vX0VHFkijlYLAzQ1ypt5-o9dGCCMVHNOAgqkPXJADX2u8vgLkXS2Wn8bg8Ge8bCxOfrxEcfEu5N5dVbSpOO8ZqRa-HXy5hPSz/w300-h400/DSCN1928.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Dwarfing the <i>Edna G</i>. in the photo below are two enormous railway piers (out of sight to the left is a third, now out of service) from which Canadian National Railway cars loaded with <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taconite" target="_blank">taconite</a> dump the iron ore directly into the holds of cargo ships.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XYsl9brrl98YbtunbQkVeJa-hv9Iicln7oG5hTg42PwCO6a5ZQ1Am3pLpoSFccyuo8emIEInXHr7CJuA2UPwQOoiVFfmqMLg-sBxEVJ15qzJqPa8VRdcM5mgXpqhc8nKXHQk5R52OSWT7w4IUcB6nk1ZTcqqOl17xBNmzwK7fQMbkuDMQXvBMr_1jS84/s4608/DSCN1957.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XYsl9brrl98YbtunbQkVeJa-hv9Iicln7oG5hTg42PwCO6a5ZQ1Am3pLpoSFccyuo8emIEInXHr7CJuA2UPwQOoiVFfmqMLg-sBxEVJ15qzJqPa8VRdcM5mgXpqhc8nKXHQk5R52OSWT7w4IUcB6nk1ZTcqqOl17xBNmzwK7fQMbkuDMQXvBMr_1jS84/w400-h300/DSCN1957.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>At the time of our visit, one such ship, the <i>Arthur M. Anderson</i>, had just finished loading. (The <i>Anderson</i>, incidentally, was the last ship in contact with the <i><a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-gales-of-november-remembered.html" target="_blank">Edmund Fitzgerald</a></i> and the first on the scene to search for survivors.) We watched her (in the West, a ship is always "she" even if named for a male director of U.S. Steel) slowly back out of the dock and laboriously turn...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9WLWYMygXOmGGKDMV179t4z9EvcSCC2-IXU0iI7NOiGr7kV_BrVUjlphyH_AwXlECZSYxQETt2m5Y4J2xdmuRbwPXINCCIYdtI-K24TRoTeAPzI4GyHtqxhFhqLT6U42X1awD_QaMEmVnmzmYrzmfsDdV408nwmJ8tB7Kx9j3n461wx-wN0l-tJX8zoS/s4608/DSCN1916.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9WLWYMygXOmGGKDMV179t4z9EvcSCC2-IXU0iI7NOiGr7kV_BrVUjlphyH_AwXlECZSYxQETt2m5Y4J2xdmuRbwPXINCCIYdtI-K24TRoTeAPzI4GyHtqxhFhqLT6U42X1awD_QaMEmVnmzmYrzmfsDdV408nwmJ8tB7Kx9j3n461wx-wN0l-tJX8zoS/w400-h300/DSCN1916.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8WfigZy-uonBL9sQjokPuqHhg1wDH0HIeoS_k0emSt4lc2SKbeQ07yCY1CorWz2jDfcEOYWMUvxbZIO1K5HuRj8C-d8bd2FGPgcgWwYG0QKNmamNHsDem1ZtuMpWylU1NPeQC5O8b_7FGKYnAxCjhnfgkgC8LOPHme4FSU5rLlLUXHbsWP9JOKcS1krf/s4608/DSCN1917.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8WfigZy-uonBL9sQjokPuqHhg1wDH0HIeoS_k0emSt4lc2SKbeQ07yCY1CorWz2jDfcEOYWMUvxbZIO1K5HuRj8C-d8bd2FGPgcgWwYG0QKNmamNHsDem1ZtuMpWylU1NPeQC5O8b_7FGKYnAxCjhnfgkgC8LOPHme4FSU5rLlLUXHbsWP9JOKcS1krf/w300-h400/DSCN1917.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN8xzo2cXlphFdYQVdG4tzliGvWPfn375T8f-Saubc8DFbJAB1LsnWGsDn0NeXKQ0WrG9surZfhZGrZ27TnBLcHq901Bi5lIUEsJeHZRk1g_Bjlb_0u1CVZS9sz4ucq3I-Xy01QTCJenp9hhPRVz0qp80opTJDoOcmOdOHLmzR5vOihncKZYFXMDHKKVZ/s4608/DSCN1925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN8xzo2cXlphFdYQVdG4tzliGvWPfn375T8f-Saubc8DFbJAB1LsnWGsDn0NeXKQ0WrG9surZfhZGrZ27TnBLcHq901Bi5lIUEsJeHZRk1g_Bjlb_0u1CVZS9sz4ucq3I-Xy01QTCJenp9hhPRVz0qp80opTJDoOcmOdOHLmzR5vOihncKZYFXMDHKKVZ/w400-h300/DSCN1925.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>...then head out past the breakwater lighthouse to Lake Superior, where she remained in sight for at least an hour, headed up the lake toward Thunder Bay.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLCUgjB9Us4LtZqrYaNhCf1iJtQ2PUJX1v90QQzi-8o-Fw4db2GTPyeD-Z9Be-JcmaWhbJs3PnkpiHPZk9ON4Ae5kkSqUEJQ8e7r-hGeY8tTHHMtjZhcD9DrxeXBZpKD9DNyH2NsGtYwQEWtX4P_hj3g0vC3wPHDErP3wUizH9qRFO5aYGOR1rnjz6kPc/s4608/DSCN1946.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLCUgjB9Us4LtZqrYaNhCf1iJtQ2PUJX1v90QQzi-8o-Fw4db2GTPyeD-Z9Be-JcmaWhbJs3PnkpiHPZk9ON4Ae5kkSqUEJQ8e7r-hGeY8tTHHMtjZhcD9DrxeXBZpKD9DNyH2NsGtYwQEWtX4P_hj3g0vC3wPHDErP3wUizH9qRFO5aYGOR1rnjz6kPc/w400-h300/DSCN1946.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD55oF6XXkoj9GjEMOKknkB0C4rxNQ4gwV2J9VNPychpVeR8Z9syPNM8aIE0psxugsTpGgRBwBzowZ-Mtil_Z4pWRQGZ2ql4jHj61qJOvjKFnNYqUthZYchYtms8vdfc9Kyxf2OC9pjj-OWAjpfBtgrpl6z_hZW9PF9cBI4k8domrsHaP5D6HRTisqRJN/s4608/DSCN1976.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD55oF6XXkoj9GjEMOKknkB0C4rxNQ4gwV2J9VNPychpVeR8Z9syPNM8aIE0psxugsTpGgRBwBzowZ-Mtil_Z4pWRQGZ2ql4jHj61qJOvjKFnNYqUthZYchYtms8vdfc9Kyxf2OC9pjj-OWAjpfBtgrpl6z_hZW9PF9cBI4k8domrsHaP5D6HRTisqRJN/w300-h400/DSCN1976.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>By some estimates, up to three-quarters of the steel produced by the United States during the Second World War originated in the Iron Ranges of northern Minnesota, ending up in ships, tanks, and airplanes throughout the European and Pacific theatres. So, some pretty significant ore moving through here...</div><div><br /></div><div>Jessa and I, though, are more inclined to notice other types of natural resources—<a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2023/10/franklins-ground-squirrels.html" target="_blank">squirrels</a>, wildflowers, moss and lichen, even rocks without economic or strategic value—so here are some more pictures from Two Harbors. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDFg2NHjD5gWYY8w2VLJs-7ONkapIK8Q02HKionaCYcFqaV5m4sVIFSg3ldOdVgqqJHMa_cgOPK-OzDoVuNp7MgWDcPh8ur6q3FxhtdJHhQHe-y3GlTAMiOsoqVYUeat8rMocOQif2WLoFZuhIP5oiBas8lwWEFhqGZmSTAT5zVtUHYsrAo9a8UHKhFLo/s4608/DSCN2113.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDFg2NHjD5gWYY8w2VLJs-7ONkapIK8Q02HKionaCYcFqaV5m4sVIFSg3ldOdVgqqJHMa_cgOPK-OzDoVuNp7MgWDcPh8ur6q3FxhtdJHhQHe-y3GlTAMiOsoqVYUeat8rMocOQif2WLoFZuhIP5oiBas8lwWEFhqGZmSTAT5zVtUHYsrAo9a8UHKhFLo/w400-h300/DSCN2113.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The "field guide" shot below nails the identification and shows the features that make <i>Poliocitellus</i> (formerly <i>Spermophilus</i>) <i>franklinii</i> such an archetypical ground squirrel: small ears, long fingers with blunt claws adapted for digging, and relatively sparse tail. The heathered or "checkerboard" pelage in contrasting colour, olive brown against the grey head and tail, is a trait shared with some other ground squirrels. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUhjqEOhJXiOWfIBaKtBq-TBJtJBPVidjXtX33w4ueiqT6POCsJNB9tZtVZEMiwcuBm11cNwsQyx4rfdOiLXSTV9TE4wRP56VPFboeXUlv_XtnkFgx49Vu7yK-x546OxQ6IFbu2Sz-n5DAycB9R-_zbDBqRlsU5ehaUAQUVV5fniVUX3hC15y31OsZW8T/s4608/DSCN2099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUhjqEOhJXiOWfIBaKtBq-TBJtJBPVidjXtX33w4ueiqT6POCsJNB9tZtVZEMiwcuBm11cNwsQyx4rfdOiLXSTV9TE4wRP56VPFboeXUlv_XtnkFgx49Vu7yK-x546OxQ6IFbu2Sz-n5DAycB9R-_zbDBqRlsU5ehaUAQUVV5fniVUX3hC15y31OsZW8T/w400-h300/DSCN2099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The colour contrast is even more evident in this next photo, and I prefer Jessa's more intimate "portrait" photography, don't you?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGFFlr_ncjf6ZWbDE_GHgtGd5mLTcw2CQFRynLu8Hhb8RduD7NxTS0qEmAx1mwu_SIim1U_60V0eeLp5ijf9_b6L-BgMCEWqRgY9La7IU5bs03ANNI0ns7toBPn35Ayf4zxCE-SXtC6vEjE6yLM3BAVACxYhOPG6lqOKZ92mp1OdXC1HCLylQs2BnwJbO/s4608/DSCN2106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGFFlr_ncjf6ZWbDE_GHgtGd5mLTcw2CQFRynLu8Hhb8RduD7NxTS0qEmAx1mwu_SIim1U_60V0eeLp5ijf9_b6L-BgMCEWqRgY9La7IU5bs03ANNI0ns7toBPn35Ayf4zxCE-SXtC6vEjE6yLM3BAVACxYhOPG6lqOKZ92mp1OdXC1HCLylQs2BnwJbO/w300-h400/DSCN2106.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These squirrels rather seemed to enjoy having their pictures made, even hamming it up for the camera on occasion. I assume Franklin's in more remote locations would be warier, but these ones in the town of Two Harbors are well-acclimated to human activity.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8a0LPaQK2IfmN5HK0ONq2DrUAqpoXQk5M8E8_ORRdkA6IGaHkUvQXA4x2iLXDX2gaAj21zRT3AS43qznBlyiwH0oJNznJDfEhpSc1fBx8m9VSNi7dJr9OVlNbds_APEhkO-rxBZtR778ECftt5eP69reAvIvCBOKQU_Br3pJW7ShXvyRI18idj_8mIL1b/s4608/DSCN2101.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8a0LPaQK2IfmN5HK0ONq2DrUAqpoXQk5M8E8_ORRdkA6IGaHkUvQXA4x2iLXDX2gaAj21zRT3AS43qznBlyiwH0oJNznJDfEhpSc1fBx8m9VSNi7dJr9OVlNbds_APEhkO-rxBZtR778ECftt5eP69reAvIvCBOKQU_Br3pJW7ShXvyRI18idj_8mIL1b/w300-h400/DSCN2101.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhp-dD_9vplcs8jbL7GqSv1ov-F9qKQdoCsJHDXYlXdvahZb7EoyNzuAUSV5jxfXvSDnqQlziiqYmSHaqqje5ypzygM2-vlO1g3ZlKV78bjKBNoV0XW-9pTSwrSEX08_e7_cwXhCLi91ea2Ly7NHvRUfAlOVunakt70BCkSoqhIqeLoL4jelkXHcM9vDh9/s4608/DSCN1967.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhp-dD_9vplcs8jbL7GqSv1ov-F9qKQdoCsJHDXYlXdvahZb7EoyNzuAUSV5jxfXvSDnqQlziiqYmSHaqqje5ypzygM2-vlO1g3ZlKV78bjKBNoV0XW-9pTSwrSEX08_e7_cwXhCLi91ea2Ly7NHvRUfAlOVunakt70BCkSoqhIqeLoL4jelkXHcM9vDh9/w400-h300/DSCN1967.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZrAcsPNiutqQ1occoNcPEX9YTzyG3lBYcFxQrAyxlPMibF-o_ziXx8_ORu-krVAK6Hrq9ksffy1wEN4gyRCNtkwWYUo-7-UatC3yeTPSk483lEZqbZhYtrX9W29iwv9fyNbqD55OE_EeiSv7fOYjtxEMVW7eBIoCtMSoa1DEgxBu64h62t-oGX0Y28f_/s4608/DSCN2110.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZrAcsPNiutqQ1occoNcPEX9YTzyG3lBYcFxQrAyxlPMibF-o_ziXx8_ORu-krVAK6Hrq9ksffy1wEN4gyRCNtkwWYUo-7-UatC3yeTPSk483lEZqbZhYtrX9W29iwv9fyNbqD55OE_EeiSv7fOYjtxEMVW7eBIoCtMSoa1DEgxBu64h62t-oGX0Y28f_/w300-h400/DSCN2110.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Franklin's ground squirrels are a tallgrass prairie species, but they like to be near thick vegetation and are often found adjacent to marshes, as these were. Such locations offer plenty of food and escape cover. This part of Minnesota, though, is not really part of the prairie province; by most reckoning, the North Shore of Superior is well into the North Woods, and as such the presence of Franklin's ground squirrels was a bit unexpected. 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Frank runs a federal <a href="http://bandingreports.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">banding station</a> between Duluth and Knife River, driving up from the Twin Cities each weekend during the migration, but he also maintains a trapping blind for falconers on his own land ("Hawk Harbor") nearby.</div><div><br /></div><div>Upon arriving late Saturday afternoon, I phoned Frank and he directed us to the banding station hidden in the treeline at the west end of his neighbours' hayfield. As we walked up, a jack merlin shot across directly in front of us and was caught in Frank's dho-gazza. Introductions were hasty, as Frank banded the little jack and recorded the band number, along with measurements of wing chord and tail length, before handing him to Jess for a photo opportunity and release.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D21ApJH3jnTU1RkBsfh5m9FnCAj6nCQnTcGuARTxUJEbRcm_kjKUJGyj2LOrXTArpwILJ0mOF3kvf7bXDr1nRrwSocZ2jFRWKdHqLybOYOq4P0ue8Rb_dRbgVKKuxW2dVkBo8emOx0O0TbQe45NOyKJw2vo1BPjlYj4SnsKbzBBKyMJ3hvzsKHn7CDlP/s2711/13.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2711" data-original-width="2339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D21ApJH3jnTU1RkBsfh5m9FnCAj6nCQnTcGuARTxUJEbRcm_kjKUJGyj2LOrXTArpwILJ0mOF3kvf7bXDr1nRrwSocZ2jFRWKdHqLybOYOq4P0ue8Rb_dRbgVKKuxW2dVkBo8emOx0O0TbQe45NOyKJw2vo1BPjlYj4SnsKbzBBKyMJ3hvzsKHn7CDlP/s320/13.JPG" width="276" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWhXh6Gr0mAIvewy_tQO3s4v7vnf4sIV6xScRsUWw1yZxDom9eoAyJTU1dlv_KJ9X-dc6yCFkUjuQ7EA8xq6ur89589sW8YfTwJG-FZPfAuQ1g4d9gpolvLV6zQGgkLMKMrT7BhZYk4mL3QJMLNPpEm9wWKQqRXcElDNG6QTAiNwRnnFfRUpzgKJWng6e/s3921/14.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2960" data-original-width="3921" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWhXh6Gr0mAIvewy_tQO3s4v7vnf4sIV6xScRsUWw1yZxDom9eoAyJTU1dlv_KJ9X-dc6yCFkUjuQ7EA8xq6ur89589sW8YfTwJG-FZPfAuQ1g4d9gpolvLV6zQGgkLMKMrT7BhZYk4mL3QJMLNPpEm9wWKQqRXcElDNG6QTAiNwRnnFfRUpzgKJWng6e/w400-h303/14.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Not long afterward, with all three of us properly ensconced in the blind, another merlin came in and hit the net. With details recorded and new jewelry in place, she was handed off to me, our picture made, and then she too was sent on her way.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW6zhPTkkmUb-z5RgQCPBb2Wq90L180Xlr2ghaZzZpJ1coZ_XQ-VVWEDKfKw_1gGhYuJEaI4v4T3vcRgYIY7mU0Y2a233hzsFFbfrbct77SiSl-zjaFICBvt4K_u9sVE-7Tstu5IM6-me_hBDDyXtrzpreicsZTHWykb8RNL-rjoiT83cDhnlmasBV2Mu/s3620/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3620" data-original-width="3358" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW6zhPTkkmUb-z5RgQCPBb2Wq90L180Xlr2ghaZzZpJ1coZ_XQ-VVWEDKfKw_1gGhYuJEaI4v4T3vcRgYIY7mU0Y2a233hzsFFbfrbct77SiSl-zjaFICBvt4K_u9sVE-7Tstu5IM6-me_hBDDyXtrzpreicsZTHWykb8RNL-rjoiT83cDhnlmasBV2Mu/s320/16.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU6dwfjCVtGaZrINCYI5pSeuIHD7rmdVBeeknoF4JHpkjMkgtEcNB5fE6VaIeqf8Ip_01ROj6MVHUlrN7i7C5B8Htnf8hHZLOfw1otMYxLnekZ0zMwLiH2MRDm9T_PqxQnf1PtJdzdw4G1N-FK9Mj5z-6HHp4jqL-017-USC3HNzgmfZSqFZ4VhvSuHw4/s3614/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3614" data-original-width="3201" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU6dwfjCVtGaZrINCYI5pSeuIHD7rmdVBeeknoF4JHpkjMkgtEcNB5fE6VaIeqf8Ip_01ROj6MVHUlrN7i7C5B8Htnf8hHZLOfw1otMYxLnekZ0zMwLiH2MRDm9T_PqxQnf1PtJdzdw4G1N-FK9Mj5z-6HHp4jqL-017-USC3HNzgmfZSqFZ4VhvSuHw4/w354-h400/17.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br /><div>[All photos above by Frank Taylor.]</div><div><br /></div><div>As it turned out, however, these were the only hawks Jessa and I got our hands on for the few days we were there. On Monday morning, Frank having generously stayed to lend a hand, we lured in both a sharp-shinned hawk and a jack merlin—I was in the market for either—but neither hit the net hard enough to collapse it. ("Bounce-outs", in Frank's parlance.) Several other sharpies saw the net at the last instant and checked off, using their incredible maneuverability to switch from horizontal to vertical flight in an instant. Still another sharpie, which appeared from the woods behind us, was inspecting our setup from a birch tree at the edge of the clearing and probably would have made a run at the pigeon if a FedEx truck hadn't come bouncing noisily down the road at that very moment.</div><div><br /></div><div>We learned the landmarks, learned the patterns—accipiters tending to come early in the day, and merlins late—and got better at flying the pigeon. But by Monday afternoon, it was clear that our luck was about to get even worse. The winds, initially light, were increasing; worse, they were out of the southeast, which is to say directly off the lake, which has a tendency to push the hawks further inland. And a warming trend meant that fewer hawks would feel any urgency to travel. The few we did see Monday afternoon and Tuesday were riding thermals, both far out and high up, and showed little inclination to come down for our pigeon, however well presented.</div><div><br /></div><div>[Rigging a pigeon; photo by Mark.]</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoiLjha6f_gsp3mtNUtPFTsC_QYUXmbkOgeU0tm0ls4-qrQjp643QhKH-XTTIzO37ZU6Sl-_XstPXS-By3FieH6RQj-BkIuCK9joqcrQHFWGCegYUOwDXNoqVciqWj1wHuvgd8e-2pM9-ccZRyI5TeNY2dPfxhQ5r6XNqHGe2wD0vsL49xRERHWtoOYNI/s4608/DSCN2190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoiLjha6f_gsp3mtNUtPFTsC_QYUXmbkOgeU0tm0ls4-qrQjp643QhKH-XTTIzO37ZU6Sl-_XstPXS-By3FieH6RQj-BkIuCK9joqcrQHFWGCegYUOwDXNoqVciqWj1wHuvgd8e-2pM9-ccZRyI5TeNY2dPfxhQ5r6XNqHGe2wD0vsL49xRERHWtoOYNI/s320/DSCN2190.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>[Jessica and Mark in the blind; photo by Frank.]</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHdocT5TcqVueaDhfh9IfuEiFDvedgMDlcSxH3ouWLL4D7O5u5LBU6nPGvj1KF-LD55dzupcV1XfUXIaRV33kPNgvjSAiyrh1E4Uon-ItoGcLEU3npJ-UDFaq2aRbhQNM8LdmVbxwMLr8dee2gRGjZ1bFjjAT4fccN8W6if_h_Z0lWxtFhLSMAl3-_CPd/s4187/34.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3588" data-original-width="4187" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHdocT5TcqVueaDhfh9IfuEiFDvedgMDlcSxH3ouWLL4D7O5u5LBU6nPGvj1KF-LD55dzupcV1XfUXIaRV33kPNgvjSAiyrh1E4Uon-ItoGcLEU3npJ-UDFaq2aRbhQNM8LdmVbxwMLr8dee2gRGjZ1bFjjAT4fccN8W6if_h_Z0lWxtFhLSMAl3-_CPd/w400-h343/34.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>[The view from inside; photo by Jessica.]</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpQH1eeUZ8bJpxNjzE-Nv-OGCJw31Xtj39SDKMwUIHrh_bi9VqWlXT4LC8ZTsnEX7iF7Vh6vaJIJFIiqTrzsoprEJFvNKXV8_3XAHKe8l7ppmY8UG37zitZEe7SVL5WClju7WC-srizN8nSTam8Y0hT2i-a_-HN_EGfVE_nnj7YmeLPTmO6uXRd_HPw0Y/s4608/DSCN1881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpQH1eeUZ8bJpxNjzE-Nv-OGCJw31Xtj39SDKMwUIHrh_bi9VqWlXT4LC8ZTsnEX7iF7Vh6vaJIJFIiqTrzsoprEJFvNKXV8_3XAHKe8l7ppmY8UG37zitZEe7SVL5WClju7WC-srizN8nSTam8Y0hT2i-a_-HN_EGfVE_nnj7YmeLPTmO6uXRd_HPw0Y/s320/DSCN1881.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Our last chance came on Wednesday morning, shortly before we had to leave. I was glassing when I caught sight of a sharpie, already inbound; Jess had flown the pigeon on spec a few minutes earlier and must have pulled this hawk from what looked like an empty sky. I got her working the pigeon again, and she did so with skill and confidence earned over the previous days, the sharpie clearly locked on target. In the end, though, the little hawk, like the others, got to within inches of the dho-gazza and abruptly pitched up, over the net and gone.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed, but to my surprise—and certainly Jessa's—neither was I despondent. We'd had a good visit (more Minnesota photos to come), Frank had been a kind and gracious host, and I couldn't say we hadn't had our chances. Besides, this had always been a possibility. While taking a break from writing this post, I happened to run across a passage which goes to show how little changes over time and from place to place. This is James Edmund Harting, on meeting Adrien Möllen in Valkenswaard, Holland, October 1877:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote>...he looked every inch a falconer. We met as old friends, although we had never seen each other before; but each had heard of the other's love of hawks, and that was quite enough to put us at once on the best of terms. He had been out since six in the morning on the look-out for passage hawks, but none had appeared, and he had returned empty-handed. The wind was in the wrong quarter, and until that changed he did not expect any luck.</blockquote></div><div><br /></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-27365060222356477892023-07-17T18:29:00.001-05:002023-07-26T11:20:14.017-05:00Summertime bunnies<iframe frameborder="0" height="225" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2HJCN3upMHE?autoplay=0&fs=0&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&rel=0&cc_load_policy=0&start=0&end=0&origin=https://youtubeembedcode.com" type="text/html" width="400.5"><div><small><a href="https://youtubeembedcode.com/pl/">youtubeembedcode pl</a></small></div><div><small><a href="https://beviljaralla.se/">sms lån som beviljar alla</a></small></div></iframe>
<br /><div><br /></div><div>I spend a fair bit of time in the company of rabbits, but during the hawking season, they're usually either trying to be invisible or running for their lives. So it was a treat recently to spend an hour or so with Jessa as she photographed young-of-the-year cottontails, one tiny and the others merely quite small.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUVYoGZkjRKeDg3zb0PAMWa-54wiKqn1b0Hyi_6fhMguU859CduwFaIjcHKLyEAbF73iAXe6PD4ko8TiOmzKfDWHIxA7tMDlciZw5rLsElVTdFZaEwblEc83l2kjtYGDMVMWVV87Co-txr3389LQsGj_Qon-Yk1ZMi54ZRSmx9FIxjHc69b9BFnoNAURy/s4608/DSCN1058.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUVYoGZkjRKeDg3zb0PAMWa-54wiKqn1b0Hyi_6fhMguU859CduwFaIjcHKLyEAbF73iAXe6PD4ko8TiOmzKfDWHIxA7tMDlciZw5rLsElVTdFZaEwblEc83l2kjtYGDMVMWVV87Co-txr3389LQsGj_Qon-Yk1ZMi54ZRSmx9FIxjHc69b9BFnoNAURy/w400-h300/DSCN1058.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This situation couldn't have been more different—a rock face in western North Carolina that looks to be more or less permanently wet thanks to a seep a bit higher up—but there we found a small population of sundews.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDAZdk_9hA31I77UgowGIl6HbDpsyjpseHQhiJcTOccVD2Mbw5Y-uoKDbOp16bKnVY6CgemS5BhBzxYZWHytfo3sOmNdzthiYdFHd7QNjNDkKoZyDfS-LxYtQ-EjV5X-k9XXooiWqsY9fO4tu5kJFV4wiaNNfXnBw2evvKY6Mhc0t-3kFLQMf2LEKcEaF/s4608/DSCN0886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDAZdk_9hA31I77UgowGIl6HbDpsyjpseHQhiJcTOccVD2Mbw5Y-uoKDbOp16bKnVY6CgemS5BhBzxYZWHytfo3sOmNdzthiYdFHd7QNjNDkKoZyDfS-LxYtQ-EjV5X-k9XXooiWqsY9fO4tu5kJFV4wiaNNfXnBw2evvKY6Mhc0t-3kFLQMf2LEKcEaF/w300-h400/DSCN0886.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycb7KmOi5JaX4COwLbpSQRhCwti86kY5Bg2unCroWMdZmJJGPrmcKMDjiHzbFRXaRclBfMD1Myejw5iCa59S17s_2vwehnJWaoKjenFMMAEoXpAdcA6xe--16Fkrx8vY9sXhL9HEvHx6Of6A5GEWOkAs1J-l-GnBzL3zEjreVjhkbv7zG2X4xRHh7jaBA/s4608/DSCN0891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycb7KmOi5JaX4COwLbpSQRhCwti86kY5Bg2unCroWMdZmJJGPrmcKMDjiHzbFRXaRclBfMD1Myejw5iCa59S17s_2vwehnJWaoKjenFMMAEoXpAdcA6xe--16Fkrx8vY9sXhL9HEvHx6Of6A5GEWOkAs1J-l-GnBzL3zEjreVjhkbv7zG2X4xRHh7jaBA/w400-h300/DSCN0891.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcx_z2WxpTtcChqJXl5gsRgBkIa7lJWt42LPajlomrRMEEAdzKI5O8YNduGb34KmPfsbS60XzG0FSCfNpAFioYfpkuSXEW4GXfg7bmST1NTHtCGGRtsVCeEPY9yFCnMHqrNvBbHr9k7AYi83ppm8Ow2ySne1J5Hb2-NaTS9pn3FEkPKpkrDk5EzHLFETh_/s4608/DSCN0892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcx_z2WxpTtcChqJXl5gsRgBkIa7lJWt42LPajlomrRMEEAdzKI5O8YNduGb34KmPfsbS60XzG0FSCfNpAFioYfpkuSXEW4GXfg7bmST1NTHtCGGRtsVCeEPY9yFCnMHqrNvBbHr9k7AYi83ppm8Ow2ySne1J5Hb2-NaTS9pn3FEkPKpkrDk5EzHLFETh_/w300-h400/DSCN0892.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>I'm not qualified to tell one <i>Drosera</i> from another, but apparently <i>D. rotundifolia</i> is the only sundew found in the North Carolina mountains.</p>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-41163111670967887422023-07-07T09:56:00.002-05:002023-07-07T09:56:41.226-05:00Yellowstone Prong <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVBiYn9x-cTdyRLGlXH-ybmgqDGPf1xQEhN7QlKxwJOKNt9VhscNY-pxyfUnx1Orb6SZJIAMfjwJCrsOREiWBhNUe5vGHjK9QfGiwDf4EVddjNVJ2IkMk_X1QMnwq5Wv5lC1guxUUnsVMPDHBRYXPcqwfUJU3BoHkZF8YNsO-6x0xaKvUFEOS9S74fnZc/s4608/DSCN0656.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVBiYn9x-cTdyRLGlXH-ybmgqDGPf1xQEhN7QlKxwJOKNt9VhscNY-pxyfUnx1Orb6SZJIAMfjwJCrsOREiWBhNUe5vGHjK9QfGiwDf4EVddjNVJ2IkMk_X1QMnwq5Wv5lC1guxUUnsVMPDHBRYXPcqwfUJU3BoHkZF8YNsO-6x0xaKvUFEOS9S74fnZc/w300-h400/DSCN0656.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><div>This is not Yellowstone as in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Yellowstone Prong is in the Great Balsam Mountains of western North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It flows through a high-altitude valley known as Graveyard Fields, and along with another stream known as Dark Prong it comprises the headwaters of the East Fork of the Pigeon River. </div><div><br /></div><div>The name derives, or so I assume, from the colour of some of the rocks found here.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f8lE_WtF0WlBQLp6Hf4XTjCOsMMomfeS8a_MFOoQhkZQzrQ_aCwrpdw1Lx3tQ7jNRWaV-Tfqa9o004oxS-A7hbehwCGepUDV7NiXkgPbo0fR6Y2RK-zJJVk23d6lU4I6cTuoKLw9MsQyteNN0cxdqiT0vHY8NTuNaE0ZML8VAXeZBn7W8Iqu_N1l646C/s4608/DSCN0661.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f8lE_WtF0WlBQLp6Hf4XTjCOsMMomfeS8a_MFOoQhkZQzrQ_aCwrpdw1Lx3tQ7jNRWaV-Tfqa9o004oxS-A7hbehwCGepUDV7NiXkgPbo0fR6Y2RK-zJJVk23d6lU4I6cTuoKLw9MsQyteNN0cxdqiT0vHY8NTuNaE0ZML8VAXeZBn7W8Iqu_N1l646C/w400-h300/DSCN0661.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The fish on the upper reaches are small but gorgeous, southern Appalachian brookies at their finest.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdDez0Czfu9Ju1w_IdAVTCYKvv8QdoKi3mSpYI3BfONR1DyRcATOluxvCQZLFamGFQZuVEK2OJInN_FS96TDZClvULuaBCnD_drZmiYJ3yLAaWP1825qs2u-jkaJi3SppKMIfbvCdxRMEoSl3dkCR2MagTgnL7L8KoE4X3HVmSP9eENHVGgznukvvbRCJ/s4608/DSCN0684.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdDez0Czfu9Ju1w_IdAVTCYKvv8QdoKi3mSpYI3BfONR1DyRcATOluxvCQZLFamGFQZuVEK2OJInN_FS96TDZClvULuaBCnD_drZmiYJ3yLAaWP1825qs2u-jkaJi3SppKMIfbvCdxRMEoSl3dkCR2MagTgnL7L8KoE4X3HVmSP9eENHVGgznukvvbRCJ/w300-h400/DSCN0684.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2Sir7j0kqvINk6FK15fQmW4DzZs10KwddS1XEq8d1w34zLCzjOIBjBlSAGjxi6CxtFobbWmj6bJjH1wjX_R0bdfrPbrpL8R2fUA_UC0zH9l9x956CyD7lp9UjJ0j8g6hbLD5-nNjPqgBQgRltL-QWClJi-gFGOi1-Wm2MtzQ1yVvARbZxf4TEWYEmUYO/s4608/DSCN0776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2Sir7j0kqvINk6FK15fQmW4DzZs10KwddS1XEq8d1w34zLCzjOIBjBlSAGjxi6CxtFobbWmj6bJjH1wjX_R0bdfrPbrpL8R2fUA_UC0zH9l9x956CyD7lp9UjJ0j8g6hbLD5-nNjPqgBQgRltL-QWClJi-gFGOi1-Wm2MtzQ1yVvARbZxf4TEWYEmUYO/w400-h300/DSCN0776.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_0NWjM-O5YqHvg0Q9DklEKkHlyTRCu7LvOOt9p0pQir8pzMLrI34i-6Pjc6tfmua5QUcniuq_-J2Ihag-Oqg4x8qDuKYMhm7Iaj7pqqEH7dV2MgZrk06mrArtCDXo-tT0ahIgvR6cIZluYxsbT1chh8bv_UJAQYSpwfPQkBAKVniPgMGzwqBC1avFZT9/s4608/DSCN0770.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_0NWjM-O5YqHvg0Q9DklEKkHlyTRCu7LvOOt9p0pQir8pzMLrI34i-6Pjc6tfmua5QUcniuq_-J2Ihag-Oqg4x8qDuKYMhm7Iaj7pqqEH7dV2MgZrk06mrArtCDXo-tT0ahIgvR6cIZluYxsbT1chh8bv_UJAQYSpwfPQkBAKVniPgMGzwqBC1avFZT9/w300-h400/DSCN0770.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>I enjoyed the changing character of the prong: sometimes pouring over bare rock, other times across pebbles and cobblestones; now overhung with dense vegetation, then opening up like a Western trout stream. 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see our previous visits <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2014/06/silver-run-falls.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2019/07/silver-run-falls.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-good-day-fishing-highlands.html" target="_blank">here</a>. In places, Silver Run is placid, and from these spots I believe it derives its name, with abundant flakes of mica giving the sandy bed a silvery appearance. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jVeqO-pN9L-u5esGCTavk2Hq_a8jrXqBcrszVS7VPriMmg6iiFp-juyRofElevkDcCWWYDW48pix7qLzmZinD5ctAi4yl163utwWsHiQAR1OLKCv95c44YZxt_t869nnLWGICLgm0SXugSrJnZ8G6-TxCFAYu5f7oveLp8edGg3MM0l7ThJ7ADwSL_Wd/s4608/DSCN0524.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jVeqO-pN9L-u5esGCTavk2Hq_a8jrXqBcrszVS7VPriMmg6iiFp-juyRofElevkDcCWWYDW48pix7qLzmZinD5ctAi4yl163utwWsHiQAR1OLKCv95c44YZxt_t869nnLWGICLgm0SXugSrJnZ8G6-TxCFAYu5f7oveLp8edGg3MM0l7ThJ7ADwSL_Wd/w300-h400/DSCN0524.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1OvOztQke54419lweanZxZfdArGLO6hf4Vjfv0P5fqyUppn-RNhbNOGDusziI8tguhlQeVIyUw6UvcOZd4T-O9mO4dl792Cr4Z556HhkcjzAhyo_U2nCXIEqnXV7lQXWEKgFfB5_TxjLsIaB-ypx2oeomAstBtgQKDRFH238Z0yBaWMNOew8MG2up9y3/w300-h400/DSCN0563.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>In other spots, where the gradient is a bit steeper, it picks up a bit of speed and texture.</div><div><strike><br /></strike></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hICOLLHdQJe9DBOQni8k1dpjpSUqnAkg5dOXDEZCvRjLV17O-akmdZ3cRYb4muLv0p75TxNAinur7jHIi2IzO4arOUsPclv5jggZKy-YH6jQN3ki-vXy-cF0Pq9EEIJod3-_mjqBvCWSpwJGNnb38BYmGLDzbuaieK5E-wk5RW-XLTpdKk99b3vZPqOK/s4608/DSCN0573.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hICOLLHdQJe9DBOQni8k1dpjpSUqnAkg5dOXDEZCvRjLV17O-akmdZ3cRYb4muLv0p75TxNAinur7jHIi2IzO4arOUsPclv5jggZKy-YH6jQN3ki-vXy-cF0Pq9EEIJod3-_mjqBvCWSpwJGNnb38BYmGLDzbuaieK5E-wk5RW-XLTpdKk99b3vZPqOK/w300-h400/DSCN0573.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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On our most recent visit, we lucked out once again and had the place to ourselves—late in the day, but all ours.</div><div><strike><br /></strike></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvmDlPqj4inPq9qgn--8XjSxibEfv1zfbe2uCzxTcxF2GyDnOma6aR7vLsHRyUZcXoyhciiILud3n4dS4i3oSTjqI0gNk_P9Z7lveu6GC9WruZje1jTN3csjHvTzelXdw68JCuBZYMzden23Hiyu1q4591teshPqezl9PXlJqN-0_Za29gLOZ0dcwRIzF/s4608/DSCN0557.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvmDlPqj4inPq9qgn--8XjSxibEfv1zfbe2uCzxTcxF2GyDnOma6aR7vLsHRyUZcXoyhciiILud3n4dS4i3oSTjqI0gNk_P9Z7lveu6GC9WruZje1jTN3csjHvTzelXdw68JCuBZYMzden23Hiyu1q4591teshPqezl9PXlJqN-0_Za29gLOZ0dcwRIzF/w400-h300/DSCN0557.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />It's good to have the right tackle—here a <a href="https://www.moonshinerods.com/collections/the-revival" target="_blank">Moonshine Revival</a> 3-weight glass rod, click-and-pawl reel, and Cortland 444 in peach—but more critical is the right fly at the right time, and I changed a couple of times. </div><div><strike><br /></strike></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjwL5hUmsBGLnclikFNqcNF1AgJAJ9dgKMA59DhD775Cq2lIDg5ttHFkOt2GvQAMaslc1_wphFkHn4GBvHUkgdV9InuP621z93vl600CAfAJOqyYzAGgOrziQGwr1iry5ZXaGgxGnR4yQpZ65rNrvcVfc05LgNNDxAlVIkOMeLa0E_OSzAv1VvIthZS30/s4608/DSCN0533.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjwL5hUmsBGLnclikFNqcNF1AgJAJ9dgKMA59DhD775Cq2lIDg5ttHFkOt2GvQAMaslc1_wphFkHn4GBvHUkgdV9InuP621z93vl600CAfAJOqyYzAGgOrziQGwr1iry5ZXaGgxGnR4yQpZ65rNrvcVfc05LgNNDxAlVIkOMeLa0E_OSzAv1VvIthZS30/w400-h300/DSCN0533.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><strike><br /></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCWEz2-PHVhXFftTiCw828Zu78PMwf9-5YMJJvRS3oHiAQocm4NhhH27y31i4XpLu2n6yCJ9o19PGo_z08g7DcUs1a_bt04GQjMbeEU0rckC8a09yYqYZaLX3yluc7eJdBW0v80mgyZ6MKHEQYLxnLcJCRRmuJGXiCMEJuvMfABOy_tn8BEYMOcjIWeNA/s4608/DSCN0540.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCWEz2-PHVhXFftTiCw828Zu78PMwf9-5YMJJvRS3oHiAQocm4NhhH27y31i4XpLu2n6yCJ9o19PGo_z08g7DcUs1a_bt04GQjMbeEU0rckC8a09yYqYZaLX3yluc7eJdBW0v80mgyZ6MKHEQYLxnLcJCRRmuJGXiCMEJuvMfABOy_tn8BEYMOcjIWeNA/w300-h400/DSCN0540.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kGtgTTs6KsdwtEqeBfUutbAqaUrV9uBSbi5VM7WUzOBrk7uII5UA_umZqn_DCiuQwRBCHq6T9hl1aS7J6psX2mABb25H_IW21Zja4zYoTUoUVkBpk6HN9FnhRpeHe7Qavamj6FYiv_4aOkPZ8egElZRuyqd12gbU8h1AzSFDKcxwlQh2XxctxzcCBXJk/s4608/DSCN0612.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kGtgTTs6KsdwtEqeBfUutbAqaUrV9uBSbi5VM7WUzOBrk7uII5UA_umZqn_DCiuQwRBCHq6T9hl1aS7J6psX2mABb25H_IW21Zja4zYoTUoUVkBpk6HN9FnhRpeHe7Qavamj6FYiv_4aOkPZ8egElZRuyqd12gbU8h1AzSFDKcxwlQh2XxctxzcCBXJk/w400-h300/DSCN0612.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I started with what had worked last time, a small streamer, but that was then and this was now. Try again. </div><div><br /></div><div>Noticing a foam line emanating from the base of the falls—<a href="https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/foam-line/7714741" target="_blank">"foam is home"</a>—I tied on a black caddis, and put myself into position to make short casts into the conveyor belt of the foam line. This was an improvement, to a point: the dry fly got fish rising, but no takers.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the light started to fade a bit, I started seeing a few mayflies in the air, creamy yellow: pale evening duns. I tied on an imitation, a bit smaller than the naturals, and immediately started catching fish. Not just any fish, but southern Appalachian brook trout—darkly colourful in the hand, but when one of them took temporary refuge in the shallows near my feet after being released, it appeared much lighter than it had moments earlier, not quite disappearing against the sand and mica but taking on something of the light background. </div><div><div><strike><br /></strike></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XZ-ZWJZ3GuZ7toTAGyFfONsxR14cSz0AFscorYTFi8ibVl1qGJA63UwdNQFcWCKG_xfq4Bk8B6R1fsBQeVAUex8AeP92RSDL7eW8fmDI9nO-b_nPyZfVGw01ffB6fRbkcfp23d08yBlp3SGX1v1lnnfO6BHCafY255ipfc0QxgIyKYJBFZT62RdoF6Op/s4608/DSCN0618.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XZ-ZWJZ3GuZ7toTAGyFfONsxR14cSz0AFscorYTFi8ibVl1qGJA63UwdNQFcWCKG_xfq4Bk8B6R1fsBQeVAUex8AeP92RSDL7eW8fmDI9nO-b_nPyZfVGw01ffB6fRbkcfp23d08yBlp3SGX1v1lnnfO6BHCafY255ipfc0QxgIyKYJBFZT62RdoF6Op/w400-h300/DSCN0618.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj6jACQpLJK62Src8BfuSdGQ7GmIs6Jb23zzUxF-l2A6lErLfZavSpm8FhiNklyI1s6kRyUxpUPSfeNJdTPC39k6m8B-A3rUpmJdZuzY8DBTOCAxkufGEfXrm-yCrXSZ0Opl4w5fmlfa_LElJMk60ntpj5gBPTS1GKE9pq6asGv2-TBv-ecosUuhsbIN7/s4608/DSCN0624.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj6jACQpLJK62Src8BfuSdGQ7GmIs6Jb23zzUxF-l2A6lErLfZavSpm8FhiNklyI1s6kRyUxpUPSfeNJdTPC39k6m8B-A3rUpmJdZuzY8DBTOCAxkufGEfXrm-yCrXSZ0Opl4w5fmlfa_LElJMk60ntpj5gBPTS1GKE9pq6asGv2-TBv-ecosUuhsbIN7/s320/DSCN0624.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRl89O70W9sKxem-Sd1EACLequCUv44u1qb3nyjAvs0BXpaSpPoGjBL-fTGVZQsG8ZvyAgKeMFRgdPlnWilEgZe4kunKdVshVkWULhFMwiwELy7Kx2EqHeW3ZHacj1B5RcoHMkZseTCJN4lpWk21giFInWbIgkl7HBaAXwHV2o0dBs6MJuZLGd3xQ3Owu/s4608/DSCN0631.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRl89O70W9sKxem-Sd1EACLequCUv44u1qb3nyjAvs0BXpaSpPoGjBL-fTGVZQsG8ZvyAgKeMFRgdPlnWilEgZe4kunKdVshVkWULhFMwiwELy7Kx2EqHeW3ZHacj1B5RcoHMkZseTCJN4lpWk21giFInWbIgkl7HBaAXwHV2o0dBs6MJuZLGd3xQ3Owu/w400-h300/DSCN0631.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Brookies, I've decided, are like peregrines: gorgeous themselves, and with excellent taste in real estate. 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obviously, we had to spend some time looking. By happenstance, we were there a few days prior to the <a href="https://brevardnc.org/whitesquirrelweekend/" target="_blank">White Squirrel Weekend</a>, but didn't feel we were missing out on anything. ("Festivals are bogus, man. This is so commercial; it should be all about the bushytails!" In truth, we're just not much for crowds.) </div><div><br /></div><div>We already knew of a few white-squirrel hotspots, so we started with Brevard College, where we saw a couple of standard-issue greys but no whites. Then over to Silvermont Mansion and Park, where again we only found "normals". Franklin Park was altogether a bust, so we began retracing our steps, and on the edge of the Brevard College campus Jessica spotted a flash of white on the lawn. We'd already had one or two false alarms of the Styrofoam-cup variety, but this one did in fact prove to be a white squirrel; we both got good looks, albeit brief, and Jess even managed a photo as it went up a pine tree, but of a quality usually reserved for Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFTR7vR7N7Drdxl9WiwhCm8ZNyGcV64PURcuLdZELnq0foMcs5VE7qtCoqjPcuIJivD3TyzX4ZWm9h79LvrPKAa-5L54oY7vRUuLbAK2CguAcGxMv-q9OxIVeC80r_u2BHIhoJMwX3-RlwFWkioeOo2m9HbORuy3eET5SgoZ__qLuV6iu7_9GtyUh9RAq/s4608/DSCN0360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFTR7vR7N7Drdxl9WiwhCm8ZNyGcV64PURcuLdZELnq0foMcs5VE7qtCoqjPcuIJivD3TyzX4ZWm9h79LvrPKAa-5L54oY7vRUuLbAK2CguAcGxMv-q9OxIVeC80r_u2BHIhoJMwX3-RlwFWkioeOo2m9HbORuy3eET5SgoZ__qLuV6iu7_9GtyUh9RAq/s320/DSCN0360.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Fortunately, we still had a bit of time, and found more cooperative squirrels in a residential neighbourhood not far from the college. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58GwQWvIP0WUOMmCzB9prCbBSljVyVIRx2TaReaOBRY-NTYueOJDknRO81tlhsT2e2M-f3LQCRajkKcZft5K9AuH6PMg91Do-dy4kWIBYkAiQQYRXk4ovXWHEeAw4mqFvcwPDLkIyJNBjv5f1IU8eiz0X_fx38Q0356LkJNn0liwU2ASLnThmC9KUZRqV/s4608/DSCN0506.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58GwQWvIP0WUOMmCzB9prCbBSljVyVIRx2TaReaOBRY-NTYueOJDknRO81tlhsT2e2M-f3LQCRajkKcZft5K9AuH6PMg91Do-dy4kWIBYkAiQQYRXk4ovXWHEeAw4mqFvcwPDLkIyJNBjv5f1IU8eiz0X_fx38Q0356LkJNn0liwU2ASLnThmC9KUZRqV/w400-h300/DSCN0506.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Brevard's squirrels are not albinos, nor a distinct species or even subspecies, just a population of grey squirrels (<i>Sciurus carolinensis</i>) with a high incidence of leucism; it is estimated that approximately thirty percent of Brevard's squirrels are leucistic. Whites and normals interact freely, and most if not all the white squirrels we saw had some grey markings, usually on the head and often running down the back as well.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXh94wdp8tkH7iPxFNGGNZQhS3S0Uo6kiImV7ccYr73lG31M82dsR1fd1ZdkzjueaPuiPX2ph-zAokJ-mEyHdXjRdBakNDa-0pO2H5gGfH0U85AlNo4YX8mkmIxFzwyAkTE9wFdEjA9kVAhR4KcHdaE9IB8B5n3YPNum46-veZZ42HHTaXsu7_3iFAjTb/s4608/DSCN0433.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXh94wdp8tkH7iPxFNGGNZQhS3S0Uo6kiImV7ccYr73lG31M82dsR1fd1ZdkzjueaPuiPX2ph-zAokJ-mEyHdXjRdBakNDa-0pO2H5gGfH0U85AlNo4YX8mkmIxFzwyAkTE9wFdEjA9kVAhR4KcHdaE9IB8B5n3YPNum46-veZZ42HHTaXsu7_3iFAjTb/w400-h300/DSCN0433.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIus73PQ2hHm5ijBb4v2we91o-gEcfDgYzVK6RiT7hputXFtKTFO-lg65jlat8Bm4gp3CvPyfw0-da32cwVSqjSRYMcvOt4BrnNPgto7SARfR_6jj3i8TijKZrmIVe6VLsPwZt74tYKZUDXnkYFVMVa8wyNGDU-f0ObILHwy0nKK9zCuvErEz1pIIaKw/s4608/DSCN0316.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIus73PQ2hHm5ijBb4v2we91o-gEcfDgYzVK6RiT7hputXFtKTFO-lg65jlat8Bm4gp3CvPyfw0-da32cwVSqjSRYMcvOt4BrnNPgto7SARfR_6jj3i8TijKZrmIVe6VLsPwZt74tYKZUDXnkYFVMVa8wyNGDU-f0ObILHwy0nKK9zCuvErEz1pIIaKw/w400-h300/DSCN0316.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-83216482216759251032023-06-19T06:50:00.000-05:002023-06-19T06:50:54.994-05:00Skinks and pinks<p>Our second visit to the Eno River. [First visit <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2021/07/eno-river-sp.html" target="_blank">here</a>.] While I fished—bluegill and some brilliantly-coloured green sunfish; no Roanoke bass this time, either—Jessa wandered the banks of the Eno with her camera. And like last time, she found quite a few five-lined skinks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YLzDQThWA1BfGAcyQBzRos3yE2VZXCKbvxLOg1AW0A8a4qIpOpxKxyLdcT8P59Tw1ovG95YMuiPQr7nulQqIOxoYa964K1r0_BdzRVZWWZyhHga-HdfAD3NXPmSAIr_dUyxQpH39QTpJzUc9gB98cwalwBghd4cp6qIDey5sSotc8jHfUKUOKBuIlQ/s4608/DSCN0170.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YLzDQThWA1BfGAcyQBzRos3yE2VZXCKbvxLOg1AW0A8a4qIpOpxKxyLdcT8P59Tw1ovG95YMuiPQr7nulQqIOxoYa964K1r0_BdzRVZWWZyhHga-HdfAD3NXPmSAIr_dUyxQpH39QTpJzUc9gB98cwalwBghd4cp6qIDey5sSotc8jHfUKUOKBuIlQ/w300-h400/DSCN0170.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The five-lined skinks are actually a complex of three species, all with broadly overlapping ranges that include central North Carolina: the broadhead skink <i>Eumeces laticeps</i>, the Southeastern five-lined skink <i>E. inexpectatus</i>, and the five-lined skink proper, <i>E. fasciatus</i>. Proper identification generally requires capturing the critter—hopefully not separating its easily-shed tail in the process—and carefully examining and counting scales. (And, of course, knowing what to look for.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For our purposes, however, I'm comfortable with a rough-and-ready field ID. I'm prepared to call these <i>fasciatus</i>, the plain old five-lined skink; <i>laticeps</i> tends to be chunkier than the other two, and <i>inexpectatus</i> usually has a narrower mid-dorsal stripe. Jessa's skinks are lithe lizards with consistent stripes and brilliant blue tails; I'll stake my non-existent reputation on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA_zV2Fq3yDlMFLRKVB4SLMKwGMhpWGSLtDQGOo83r5BSh9a6Kpf5bFAl1J2dLerhlMkaoMJUal3IN1MJDElFOHJTcb4lvTxZfw7AjD61jJtIuzMXAhUAGkacLGABZd--8PWufFlYggA58uTcAytte3MVmKRFN_ZnjTU3wxexyQR4i8LPceJrYsBpdw/s4608/DSCN0173.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA_zV2Fq3yDlMFLRKVB4SLMKwGMhpWGSLtDQGOo83r5BSh9a6Kpf5bFAl1J2dLerhlMkaoMJUal3IN1MJDElFOHJTcb4lvTxZfw7AjD61jJtIuzMXAhUAGkacLGABZd--8PWufFlYggA58uTcAytte3MVmKRFN_ZnjTU3wxexyQR4i8LPceJrYsBpdw/w400-h300/DSCN0173.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">[This one has lost part of its tail and looks to be re-growing it.]</div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSpxyXPm7O_bhhqItMr_qudcingCzkhqb7qOgEWTLMuWFpWfalfHci0T28i2G371XdmF1oQKcgdrxVXsX7I3tCS5cvhRK6Rht52Om3BWjRy-OuMLJNfjKNnieg_r9L4KDgf7us78URU7TQ22H2aVmmU6zLad6h7eI3qgFENNYcwm7L3aS227tNLiCcg/s4608/DSCN0210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSpxyXPm7O_bhhqItMr_qudcingCzkhqb7qOgEWTLMuWFpWfalfHci0T28i2G371XdmF1oQKcgdrxVXsX7I3tCS5cvhRK6Rht52Om3BWjRy-OuMLJNfjKNnieg_r9L4KDgf7us78URU7TQ22H2aVmmU6zLad6h7eI3qgFENNYcwm7L3aS227tNLiCcg/w400-h300/DSCN0210.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB36RCHYspLWyzgHy9ISCUEjqXNP9O686Sb-t6beH8gAZ8ev_aWdu8Hfo48rDwB-ikHqvlMDjZgRh4ija-eUqQ6rD06PP_avv94sp6EyIrQg0OWPuVuWS7opbDA6sVFhkncXaDFFrMrPEBypyfHPi6cKNCho1lq-8jYtyXkc_97fTdd6x4GeSyEsRB3Q/s4608/DSCN0182.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB36RCHYspLWyzgHy9ISCUEjqXNP9O686Sb-t6beH8gAZ8ev_aWdu8Hfo48rDwB-ikHqvlMDjZgRh4ija-eUqQ6rD06PP_avv94sp6EyIrQg0OWPuVuWS7opbDA6sVFhkncXaDFFrMrPEBypyfHPi6cKNCho1lq-8jYtyXkc_97fTdd6x4GeSyEsRB3Q/w300-h400/DSCN0182.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ah, but one of these is not like the others, yeah? Not a different skink, though: adult males tend toward olive-brown with muted stripes, and get some reddish-orange on their heads during the breeding season. (This is true of all three species in the complex, but if the others are <i>fasciatus</i> then this one is too, and again I'll stake my non-existent reputation on it.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5gpZ8Ti6-s6RlX_mKFG-4E6KSCM14j-Fldnj49YnV21T2-fxe2aqpuVTXbg_5TyKZDms-SguuJByQKzostQjh1sMIq8c-7uKwKFFgOezkDV9qpcyW9JeV5rH9QKI_QQTScX0M2_ZJ9rmNz6XnzsxhEr9JGxqBjcv_E_JVXidFuv9q155PH9iBQYIwQ/s4608/DSCN0213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5gpZ8Ti6-s6RlX_mKFG-4E6KSCM14j-Fldnj49YnV21T2-fxe2aqpuVTXbg_5TyKZDms-SguuJByQKzostQjh1sMIq8c-7uKwKFFgOezkDV9qpcyW9JeV5rH9QKI_QQTScX0M2_ZJ9rmNz6XnzsxhEr9JGxqBjcv_E_JVXidFuv9q155PH9iBQYIwQ/w400-h300/DSCN0213.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Another little ID challenge, though I didn't think so at the time: In my mind, these were obviously fire pinks, <i>Silene virginica</i>. (Yes, they're intense red—the camera can hardly do them justice—but the name "pink" is nothing to do with colour. The flower petals are notched, or "pinked", at the end—think of pinking shears.) We have a close relative, <i>Silene regia</i>, the royal catchfly, growing in our prairie garden, and I've often seen fire pinks in the Great Smoky Mountains. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaZR9gnjt31etv9cg44Me9jGgUKg51wgObe8Vu1AekVWVYGVs5Hw3YmYoeIVpsXf3PMnJgZ7ZVdf-qRWDiqqc2R0W0fmTUNRZg6nho_eFux2HVVUxpwdP4wPPcbHqwo5jIHw1rIkDNp4eWkrzTqo1jqyPT3EnpbedzrrCiTuWOMOf6hPDQJAlaxE_2Q/s4608/DSCN0235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaZR9gnjt31etv9cg44Me9jGgUKg51wgObe8Vu1AekVWVYGVs5Hw3YmYoeIVpsXf3PMnJgZ7ZVdf-qRWDiqqc2R0W0fmTUNRZg6nho_eFux2HVVUxpwdP4wPPcbHqwo5jIHw1rIkDNp4eWkrzTqo1jqyPT3EnpbedzrrCiTuWOMOf6hPDQJAlaxE_2Q/w400-h300/DSCN0235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When, however, I consulted a field guide to confirm the identification, the photos showed <i>virginica</i> with a more elaborately pinked flower than these. Were these <i>regia</i> after all? The range map says no, they should definitely be <i>virginica</i>, and quite a few online photos purporting to be fire pinks show these same flowers. Others show the more elaborate bloom, with four or even six tips to the petals, so perhaps <i>virginica</i> has distinct flower forms?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuRnNVMvmrbbkdECBnZTePuNokMjyM4uWzHBll2vid5YVTMFjWAhVgqDDvv8Chun3I6hoS10t_r3P99mOFdxTF9lEHPpkFlftZAK0TIQOqZ__fszPvpvmBbf90C1r4VvO3JZ0sWNDq2K-CGJ4XXWkxO1hcSaLv8dwf4AwjPxkvsgmaCDKk7tJNi5BNA/s4608/DSCN0218.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuRnNVMvmrbbkdECBnZTePuNokMjyM4uWzHBll2vid5YVTMFjWAhVgqDDvv8Chun3I6hoS10t_r3P99mOFdxTF9lEHPpkFlftZAK0TIQOqZ__fszPvpvmBbf90C1r4VvO3JZ0sWNDq2K-CGJ4XXWkxO1hcSaLv8dwf4AwjPxkvsgmaCDKk7tJNi5BNA/w300-h400/DSCN0218.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm a firm believer in the notion that putting a name to something leads to a greater sense of appreciation and understanding; it's why I devote time and energy to these little puzzles. But the natural world is complex, and its inhabitants sometimes resist being put into neat boxes. To truly understand and appreciate nature, it may occasionally be necessary to shrug our shoulders and take the Juliet approach: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBApF2-xAwbj0XcdmiZeFY3mWRarydYyMmybowopnLrQpvCkqqBqJKbR_PawapNPEQFzI5OnChrMyOPeykASo5gQ7ADZPQLx7yd9w9_yGREyJV-RSmdJOPYZt52QstdaztXvakVMEK7oVZgT32h4P0pQnRJlqcgWiYD4niu1fHtEdE3oGQp8v4COG6g/s4608/DSCN0220.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBApF2-xAwbj0XcdmiZeFY3mWRarydYyMmybowopnLrQpvCkqqBqJKbR_PawapNPEQFzI5OnChrMyOPeykASo5gQ7ADZPQLx7yd9w9_yGREyJV-RSmdJOPYZt52QstdaztXvakVMEK7oVZgT32h4P0pQnRJlqcgWiYD4niu1fHtEdE3oGQp8v4COG6g/w400-h300/DSCN0220.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just so long as we can agree that these are <i>not</i> roses...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-10093276100369494142023-06-17T15:04:00.001-05:002023-06-17T15:04:55.474-05:00Northern waterthrushNorthern waterthrush, <i>Parkesia noveboracensis</i>. Jessa last photographed this species at <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2021/06/natural-bridge.html" target="_blank">Natural Bridge</a> a couple of years ago; these recent shots were taken on the Eno River near Durham, North Carolina. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGCQNATSI0lAU6kj0jLOKOJu0K6tvosa0IM2SMLSEoYujhsXx6C8zJP_6bDw3t3vBqfhMcda4d86vPLhLqPMi0OvlxZAj_PBgn8o7r8F-T5m5ZT4omYdA5fz5VSbkCgsg7rHKJCdVgvf-3TvE7E_RY6GIaH9MVIJMijfcsLcN6c3zmC4vF1cKutyy5A/s4608/DSCN0195.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGCQNATSI0lAU6kj0jLOKOJu0K6tvosa0IM2SMLSEoYujhsXx6C8zJP_6bDw3t3vBqfhMcda4d86vPLhLqPMi0OvlxZAj_PBgn8o7r8F-T5m5ZT4omYdA5fz5VSbkCgsg7rHKJCdVgvf-3TvE7E_RY6GIaH9MVIJMijfcsLcN6c3zmC4vF1cKutyy5A/w400-h300/DSCN0195.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So instead I reverted to my childhood pastime of digging mole crabs ("sand fleas" or "sand diggers" in 'teaguer parlance) from the swash.<div><br /></div><div>Soon Jessa and her cousin Kimberlee joined me, and once they got the hang of it we were catching four, five, six at a time. The camera was put away by then—Jessica was understandably nervous about her Nikon in even light surf—but she did take a few shots of the first couple of crabs I found.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8h0nqN06wMEz7z56bXEkV-8AFdxR50ke7xN0CCMZW-dIFiB6DHJUP9ENMDLqHxVw-tO35OjbzGR3ldaGwofQGOdwJkiEw_kUK2X-o_FfzRFv_7YdU7I4wp60EXtfgbnT2ySdZI7GyRiStQYQTUnD0DNttsLKLYQUN0pDRVOEiSimOwNUSpjMusVKt6w/s4608/DSCN0126.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8h0nqN06wMEz7z56bXEkV-8AFdxR50ke7xN0CCMZW-dIFiB6DHJUP9ENMDLqHxVw-tO35OjbzGR3ldaGwofQGOdwJkiEw_kUK2X-o_FfzRFv_7YdU7I4wp60EXtfgbnT2ySdZI7GyRiStQYQTUnD0DNttsLKLYQUN0pDRVOEiSimOwNUSpjMusVKt6w/w400-h300/DSCN0126.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Mole crabs can be found on sandy beaches around the world; the diggers on Assateague are <i><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerita_(crustacean)" target="_blank">Emerita talpoida</a></i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Most of the diggers we caught were carrying bright orange roe—almost exactly the colour of my boardshorts—under their carapaces. It probably won't show up here on Blogger, but zoomed in, the top photo shows three loose eggs in the lines of my palm behind the crab.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLSVlrjwJ1ZbS_1SLKpsT8OfDWPp2Y_l-hzzhNbFDiQoQF_MDpvKIlzRHoeRLj_VfB9MTcovsQDAmGLuBH5N4vN8tBZ5cwDv--UqYAkVnvpzq9aDS3Qnjg8jLtZNj-stuSgfPgqQ-oYhhPvL-ShHzSSDJPRJAbS6gKoUzzkooJjgjen27NlDYDU8CJg/s4608/DSCN0129.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLSVlrjwJ1ZbS_1SLKpsT8OfDWPp2Y_l-hzzhNbFDiQoQF_MDpvKIlzRHoeRLj_VfB9MTcovsQDAmGLuBH5N4vN8tBZ5cwDv--UqYAkVnvpzq9aDS3Qnjg8jLtZNj-stuSgfPgqQ-oYhhPvL-ShHzSSDJPRJAbS6gKoUzzkooJjgjen27NlDYDU8CJg/w400-h300/DSCN0129.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>They're prolific critters, and not for no reason. Several species of fish—including <i>Morone saxatilis</i>, the rockfish I was not angling for—eat them, as do some humans. (Kimberlee, true to her Cajun heritage, suggested we cook some up, but we had limited time and stuck with catch-and-release.) Even the sanderlings working the swash nearby may have been picking off some of the tiny ones.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZe-kTA0Kx_YtFZ9MvpVAyH2E7PPldu-PTvefb_MBqneDFOX--EryheciHeEtqrmjvtERlrSDGlSJLPuQPC6eC0G-IzpYgeomo3eGNfxtl2gMNEK5GlQd74JOuIJcv5Xt2i-37Q2Q04lQfGqCgNgJgzLTfl8Z1VMOO6dkSxh2YoaZU6xxeC8I5g_8cw/s4608/DSCN0119.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZe-kTA0Kx_YtFZ9MvpVAyH2E7PPldu-PTvefb_MBqneDFOX--EryheciHeEtqrmjvtERlrSDGlSJLPuQPC6eC0G-IzpYgeomo3eGNfxtl2gMNEK5GlQd74JOuIJcv5Xt2i-37Q2Q04lQfGqCgNgJgzLTfl8Z1VMOO6dkSxh2YoaZU6xxeC8I5g_8cw/w400-h300/DSCN0119.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-28004599853997204912023-06-09T18:41:00.000-05:002023-06-09T18:41:19.613-05:00DMV FS<p>Delmarva fox squirrels are still doing well. Our most recent photos:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9XZyX1RYjjUt_NSt1-y4a1ZgqzfIUAsjc5Ck5tLXatCR1e0Ij-UBEhH9Qog1lZ7Z8Jd54f9-Vd0AdZLFsxP9B_ycSk_uVSKfEXpn_RmSScjdK77Lo7jIZCwVhFWd1L-HaQILHt-pSU7QCeThqBMD9MDEH9wtJzReiJNyPDowOfTzosRMuLSxPCAxeA/s4608/DSCN9908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9XZyX1RYjjUt_NSt1-y4a1ZgqzfIUAsjc5Ck5tLXatCR1e0Ij-UBEhH9Qog1lZ7Z8Jd54f9-Vd0AdZLFsxP9B_ycSk_uVSKfEXpn_RmSScjdK77Lo7jIZCwVhFWd1L-HaQILHt-pSU7QCeThqBMD9MDEH9wtJzReiJNyPDowOfTzosRMuLSxPCAxeA/w300-h400/DSCN9908.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKiSsCA1LWTWx9fGRIXpiYV2xjEoga_Ef9G2xUuQQAOWGBSFKJCLSEnEYT5u7NOFgWVaJHVSmz6lyZL2Azc6KaJHVJb2PNJqNl1YelEgyA5uGwhhi2QHAXjOjPSUk4FaZHOW5kUJRnNAHUTV5eHg6bONC1UCNVQvgoKUF-Y8RlVMDzQdlXi-lM3YLlA/s4608/DSCN9889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKiSsCA1LWTWx9fGRIXpiYV2xjEoga_Ef9G2xUuQQAOWGBSFKJCLSEnEYT5u7NOFgWVaJHVSmz6lyZL2Azc6KaJHVJb2PNJqNl1YelEgyA5uGwhhi2QHAXjOjPSUk4FaZHOW5kUJRnNAHUTV5eHg6bONC1UCNVQvgoKUF-Y8RlVMDzQdlXi-lM3YLlA/w400-h300/DSCN9889.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgiR-cg5jT9Py8G1tVt-o647VdOuPJQrH1dUw1u-qC_teuTmheo5I7Yip3y1kZI6UIuFt_hyVF9c92owi4aUcAuVRPayJgzKwOj_cDEAr15E0Ve33hrYb5DmjPfMzZdOG6R7THj_DN0M5SeaeNNV35jOO-mXP9qPAKuxvA7q7B_lYtYi9TOn_zFFhmg/s4608/DSCN9894.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgiR-cg5jT9Py8G1tVt-o647VdOuPJQrH1dUw1u-qC_teuTmheo5I7Yip3y1kZI6UIuFt_hyVF9c92owi4aUcAuVRPayJgzKwOj_cDEAr15E0Ve33hrYb5DmjPfMzZdOG6R7THj_DN0M5SeaeNNV35jOO-mXP9qPAKuxvA7q7B_lYtYi9TOn_zFFhmg/w300-h400/DSCN9894.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>[Previous posts: <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2014/07/delmarva-fox-squirrels.html" target="_blank">2014</a> (when they were still on the Endangered Species List) and <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-good-news-about-delmarva-fox.html" target="_blank">2018</a>.]</p><p></p>Mark Farrell-Churchillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395862097551549367.post-18799083563082440102023-06-08T15:52:00.002-05:002023-06-11T16:59:11.884-05:00The Chincoteague herdNo visit to Assateague is complete without a visit to the lighthouse and a chance to see the wild (<a href="http://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-triumph-of-science-and-legend.html" target="_blank">Spanish</a>) horses. I took photographs of Assateague Light, but didn't best the ones from a previous visit, so I'll just link those <a href="https://markgchurchill.blogspot.com/2014/07/assateague-light.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and I'm sure at least one of Jessa's pictures will appear in an upcoming post.<div><br /><div>Horses, however, present new opportunities every time. So here is some more of Jessica's work, and to see the back catalogue you can always click the "horses" tag below.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wL5pAXZkLUyAPpabNpw5qQU2ZbLkcsIZEGhWGIm0bxC2kI6PR9mWA8xTHHmkEjvliN-s9fvl0_hL7Akf_Enup-idYZkvuZ_GFE23DRPGg2EOTi2JA8pCdQYsyra2YNvcyFzSLDWQId96a7rP9isXxh4kj0ZJ7V69smDmEHA0gRX1p1-Ft176Feenjg/s4608/DSCN9846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wL5pAXZkLUyAPpabNpw5qQU2ZbLkcsIZEGhWGIm0bxC2kI6PR9mWA8xTHHmkEjvliN-s9fvl0_hL7Akf_Enup-idYZkvuZ_GFE23DRPGg2EOTi2JA8pCdQYsyra2YNvcyFzSLDWQId96a7rP9isXxh4kj0ZJ7V69smDmEHA0gRX1p1-Ft176Feenjg/w400-h300/DSCN9846.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, by the way—this is pony-related—it appears that the last parcel of the Beebe Ranch on Chincoteague has been saved from development. (All of Assateague is already state and federal land; it's good to be a landowner.) You can read about the effort <a href="https://chincoteaguemuseum.com/save-the-beebe-ranch/" target="_blank">here</a>, and it's still not too late to contribute (I already have).</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to photos:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0c53j0DLLolV-6lhh2T2K6OB_h15XAxpfeW8G4Y65ROy8OI6XirGanmuqlFlmSTHlY_AE1CmYYGHW3PWi-jI2j0hCEb2zmH8if7O8EGg8ZOGkkkb8Sis5uSbd9_41UhJkfNOKKEuhESgWasJ8HVcX0poUDRXxTg-sv2cykLVOI6RqwxaH6v-wsRpOg/s4608/DSCN0008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0c53j0DLLolV-6lhh2T2K6OB_h15XAxpfeW8G4Y65ROy8OI6XirGanmuqlFlmSTHlY_AE1CmYYGHW3PWi-jI2j0hCEb2zmH8if7O8EGg8ZOGkkkb8Sis5uSbd9_41UhJkfNOKKEuhESgWasJ8HVcX0poUDRXxTg-sv2cykLVOI6RqwxaH6v-wsRpOg/w400-h300/DSCN0008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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